How do fiber optic connectors work? The history of fiber optic communications is an entire book, as it took a number of generations to get the industry today.
optical fiber is a thin cylindrical fiber made from glass or plastic, smaller than one tenth of a human hair. A standard telecom optical fiber is composed of three cylindrical layers, counted in the inside as fiber core (diameter 8x10um) and cladding (diameter of 125um) as well as buffer layer (diameter 9000um). The fiber core …